Family Preservation & Reunification Description of Services

Family Preservation and Reunification Services (FPRS) provide in-home, community-based, intensive services to reduce safety risks jeopardizing children’s placement in the home.

Family Preservation and Reunification Services are designed to:

  • Help families remain safely together.
  • Divert children from being placed in foster care or a residential treatment center.
  • Assist in the reunification of children from out-of-home placement.
  • Improve Family Relationships.

FPRS services are provided to families in crisis with a a child at imminent risk of out-of- home placement of to families with a child returning from out-of-home placement. Services aim to increase safety and improve family relationships by:

  • Providing wraparound services designed to build supports for each family.
  • Teaching parenting, household management, relationship-building and other skills to family members.
  • Strengthen family members voices in their own treatment goals.
  • Collaborating with community partners to coordinate care for families.